Northwestern fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday following a hazing scandal, according to ESPN.
Fitzgerald previously received a two-week, unpaid suspension on Friday, after the university-led investigation into allegations made by an anonymous whistleblower.
The Daily Northwestern, the student paper, published a former player’s account of sexualized hazing activities, on Saturday.
In a statement Friday, the former coach claimed he had no prior knowledge of the incidents. Fitzgerald, a Northwestern alum who coached Northwestern since 2006, was two years into a 10-year, $57 million contract.
President Michael Schill released a statement to the university,...
Fitzgerald previously received a two-week, unpaid suspension on Friday, after the university-led investigation into allegations made by an anonymous whistleblower.
The Daily Northwestern, the student paper, published a former player’s account of sexualized hazing activities, on Saturday.
In a statement Friday, the former coach claimed he had no prior knowledge of the incidents. Fitzgerald, a Northwestern alum who coached Northwestern since 2006, was two years into a 10-year, $57 million contract.
President Michael Schill released a statement to the university,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
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